Palm Sunday Rally
Given the very wet weather, a bedraggled witness to the move to give residency to all people on temporary protection visas. 
An Aboriginal man gave a welcome to country which included a welcome to refugees. This was followed by Bishop Vincent Long speaking about his life as a refugee: fleeing Vietnam with his family as a teenager, living in a detention camp and being welcomed into Australia at a time when the government policy was very different. Zaki spoke of his experience as an Hazara refugee from Afghanistan. Zaki was ten years in detention, formal and in the community, while on a Temporary Protection Visa. He thanked the current Government for giving him residency. He’s now working for Amnesty International. Two young women from Sri Lanka talked about their families’ experiences as Tamils having to flee – and the uncertainty of the Temporary Protection Visa’s
There is still concern for the 10,000 people on Bridging Visas and the 250 left in Nauru and PNG.